Phantasy Star III Knife Only Challenge Readme

Phantasy Star III "Knife Only Challenge" Readme

This is an extremely challenging ROM hack where the only usable weapon is a knife. I verified that it is in fact possible to defeat Dark Force with knives before creating it.

Created with Aridia - Phantasy Star III ROM editor.

Modifications:

Knife is the only weapon that can be equipped by anyone.
Every character can equip a knife.
Weapon shops only sell knives
Melee techniques removed from characters.
Melee techniques removed from items
Characters' initial weapon replaced with a knife (except Legendary weapons which are in the inventory but not equipped).

Requirements:

Phantasy Star III ROM image (binary format), "Phantasy Star 3 - Generations of Doom (UE) [!].bin" in GoodGen, make a backup copy before patching, do not bother asking me for a copy.
An IPS patching utility (I used ips XP to create and test the patch).

Tips:

Maximize the Gires technique.
Maximize the Fanbi technique before boss battles.
Carry a couple extra knives around for when new members join the party.
Use all the money saved on weapons to buy the best armor available, there is some very strong armor available in the first generation that may now be affordable.